Whenever I get to feel this way, 每当我有这种感觉，

try to find new words to say, 试图找到新的言说，

I think about the bad old days 我想坏日子

we used to know. 我们用了才知道。

   

Nights of winter turn me cold -- 冬天的夜晚把我冷 -

fears of dying, getting old. 濒死的恐惧，慢慢变老。

We ran the race and the race was won 我们跑赛和正赛的冠军

by running slowly. 通过运行缓慢。

   

Could be soon we'll cease to sound, 可不久我们将不再发出声音，

slowly upstairs, faster down. 慢慢地上楼，更快的下降。

Then to revisit stony grounds, 然后重新石场，

we used to know. 我们用了才知道。

   

Remembering mornings, shillings spent, 想起早晨，先令花，

made no sense to leave the bed. 毫无意义离开床。

The bad old days they came and went 坏日子，他们来了又走

giving way to fruitful years. 以卓有成效的年让位。

   

Saving up the birds in hand 保存在手中的鸟

while in the bush the others land. 而在布什的其他土地。

Take what we can before the man 采取什么样的，我们可以在那人面前

says it's time to go. 说，是时候去。

   

Each to his own way I'll go mine. 每一个他自己的方式，我会去我的。

Best of luck with what you find. 祝您好运与你找到的。

But for your own sake remember times 但是，为了你自己记得时间

we used to know. 我们用了才知道。